Matt Stajan

For the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2007, the Ducks got out of the second round of the playoffs. They reached the NHL's Final Four, earning a showdown against Chicago in the Western Conference finals, starting this week.

Maybe it was climbing, or surviving, to get into the second round. On Sunday, there also was an element of escape as the Ducks fought off the pesky Calgary Flames in Game 5, winning, 3-2 in overtime at Honda Center, taking the series, four games to one.

The series-clincher was scored by none other than the Ducks' leading playoff scorer, Corey Perry, who opportunistically pushed it across the line...

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